Range extension in butterflies: Dispersal capacity, colonisation potential and geographical outliers in the distribution of Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Entomologist's Gazette

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-87

  Dennis, Roger L H ^a   Dennis, Margaret P ^b   Hardy, Peter B ^b   Kinder, Phillip M ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphantopus hyperantus; Colonisation; Dispersal; Distribution changes; Geographical range; Habitat; Metapopulations; Nymphalidae; Satyrinae

Indexed keywords

APHANTOPUS HYPERANTUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 79958861277     PISSN: 00138894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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